88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at HCA HOUSTON WEST

12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$311.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$311.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$18.66 with Superior Health Plan vs $279.90 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $18.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $18.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $18.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $18.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $18.66 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.19 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $19.19 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.19 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $20.62 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.22 ↓ -89%
BCBS BAV $37.78 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $40.43 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $40.43 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $40.43 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $40.43 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.54 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $43.54 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $47.26 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $50.65 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $51.63 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $52.25 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $54.04 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $54.42 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $54.42 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $60.65 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $61.58 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $73.07 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $73.71 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $73.71 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $74.64 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $79.31 ↓ -74%
Cigna CSN $80.84 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $83.97 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $84.90 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.56 ↓ -72%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $93.30 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPPO $97.18 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBHMO $97.18 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBPOS $97.18 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $103.24 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPPO $103.24 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMHMO $103.24 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $104.18 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $108.85 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $108.85 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $121.28 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONPPO $121.28 ↓ -61%
Aetna OONHMO $121.28 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $124.40 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $131.13 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAPPO $131.13 ↓ -58%
Aetna ASAHMO $131.13 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $133.73 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $139.95 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $139.95 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $139.95 ↓ -55%
Humana HMO $164.46 ↓ -47%
Humana PPO $164.46 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $165.76 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $171.05 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $171.05 ↓ -45%
Triumph COMM $186.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $186.60 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $186.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $186.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $202.15 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $233.25 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $248.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $255.02 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $264.35 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $264.35 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $264.35 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $279.90 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $97.65 $20.33 – $279.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $97.65 $24.30 – $279.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $19.19 – $164.46
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $19.19 – $164.46
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $101.78 $28.84 – $144.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $136.34 $28.06 – $204.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $104.88 $20.98 – $131.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $101.78 $27.14 – $144.19

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